Wagon



(No Model.)

A. HANNA-N.

WAGON.

No. 269,284. Patented De0.19, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW HANNAN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,284, dated December 19, 1889,

' Application filed une 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW HANNAN, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks or Heavy Wagons; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to trucks or heavy wagons, and will be more fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear view of the circle or front gear. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of the rear gear, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the same.

A A are trusses, to which the floor or platform of the wagon is bolted, and B B B are bolsters, upon which-the trusses A rest at right angles. These three bolsters rest upon the upper circle, a, and the king-bolt b passes through the center bolster, B, and another sandbar,O,strapped to the axle D, aids the bounds E in supporting the lower circle, a, segmental blocksd being interposed between the hounds and lower circle to form a level bearing.

Between the rear ends of the hounds I extend from one to the other a brace, F, bellied, as shown, so as to rest up against the rear block, d, of the lower circle to receive a bolt, f, the head of which is sunk in the lower circle, a. This brace serves to give lateral strength to the circle and to keep the hounds apart.

G G G are sills, upon which the rear portion of the truck-floor is designed to rest. To the center or larger sill 1 bolt a truss, H, and

to thisasand-bar, H, and then from one sillG .to the other I extend curved braces I I 1 under the sand-bar H, and these braces rest on the rear axle, K, and metallic straps L, that pass up from under the axle along the sides of braces I I and sills G, are bolted to them, and serve, with other straps, l l, to tie the structure so firmly together as to make it stronger, and movable to resist strain from above or in the direction of thelength of the truck, than if the parts were one solid block of timber.

As a safeguard against heavy lateral strains, I pass a bolt, M, through the center timber or sill, G, truss H, sand-bar H, axle, each of the braces I, and another bolt through the center of the structure and through brace I, and secure them by nuts underneath the axle.

My construction leaves no weak points, and yet I use lighter timbers than have been before used in the make-up of trucks of the capacity mine has.

I have not deemed it necessary to show a truck complete in the drawings, but have merely shown the gearing, in which lies all the novelty of my device. The two gears are to be connected by the heavy floor or platform of the truck, which will also take the place of the reach.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination, with curved braces I, of straps L, as set forth.

2. The combination of braces I I, strapsL and l l, the truss, and axle, as set forth. 7,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, on this 22d day of April, 1882, in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW HANN AN. 

